Matthew 9 AND entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city.

ABU⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ AND entering into the ship he passed over, and came to his own city. ² And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: Child, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven. ³ And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves: This man blasphemes. ⁴ And Jesus knowing their thoughts said: Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? ⁵ For which is easier, to say: Thy sins are forgiven; or to say: Arise, and walk? ⁶ But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then says he to the palsied man) Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house. ⁷ And rising up he departed to his house. ⁸ And seeing it the multitudes feared, and glorified God, who gave such power to men. ⁹ And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: Follow me. And he rose up and followed him. ¹⁰ And it came to pass that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹ And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners? ¹² And Jesus hearing it, said: They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. ¹³ But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners. ¹⁴ Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not? ¹⁵ And Jesus said to them: Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. ¹⁶ And no one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made. ¹⁷ Nor do they put new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together. ¹⁸ While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live. ¹⁹ And Jesus arose and was following him, he and his disciples. ²⁰ And behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment. ²¹ For she said within herself: If I only touch his garment, I shall be made whole. ²² And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee whole. ²³ And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus, coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the crowd making a noise, ²⁴ said: Give place; for the maiden is not dead, but is sleeping. And they laughed him to scorn. ²⁵ But when the crowd was put forth, he went in, and took hold of her hand, and the maiden arose. ²⁶ And this report went abroad into all that land. ²⁷ And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David. ²⁸ And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them: Believe ye that I am able to do this? They say to him: Yea, Lord. ²⁹ Then he touched their eyes, saying: According to your faith be it done to you. ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: Take heed, let no one know it. ³¹ But they, going out, spread abroad his fame in all that country. ³² And as they were going out, behold, they brought to him a man dumb, possessed with a demon. ³³ And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying: It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴ But the Pharisees said: He casts out the demons through the prince of the demons. ³⁵ And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity. ³⁶ And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd. ³⁷ Then he says to his disciples: The harvest indeed is great, but the laborers are few. ³⁸ Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.